St Luke's University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

St. Luke's is a community-based, university-affiliated (Temple/St. Luke's School of Medicine) OB/GYN residency spanning multiple campuses in the Lehigh Valley, offering the clinical breadth typically associated with large university programs but within a community hospital culture. With over 5,000 deliveries annually and rotations spanning gynecologic oncology, MFM, REI, urogynecology and family planning (including a named Ryan Program-affiliated curriculum and a private-facility abortion/family-planning rotation), residents graduate with strong operative volume—over 85% of hysterectomies performed vaginally, robotically, or laparoscopically. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional: every resident completes a scholarly project, there is a dedicated PGY-2 research month (including international options), a formal Research Education Curriculum, a full-time biostatistician, and consistent resident publications in journals like Gynecologic Oncology and national society presentations (SGO, SMFM, ASCCP). The program explicitly prepares residents for both fellowship subspecialization and generalist private practice, evidenced by a chief-year office-based rotation and a rural Poconos (Monroe) rotation designed as final preparation for independent practice.